International Day of Action for Women’s Health

2025 May 28 Call to Action

In Solidarity We Resist: Our Fight, Our Right

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This May 28 – International Day of Action for Women’s Health – activists and social justice movements across the globe are mobilizing in collective resistance to defend and advance sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and justice for all. We demand that governments fulfil their obligations under international human rights mechanisms and prioritize SRHR in development agendas, recognizing that it is not only essential but also inseparable from achieving gender equality, social justice, and sustainable development. We reclaim and assert the right of all women, girls, and gender-diverse people to bodily autonomy. We stand in firm resistance to the growing opposition and their regressive agenda—led by right-wing, nationalist, religious fundamentalist, and authoritarian forces—who seek to control our bodies, spread anti-rights narratives, fuel misinformation, restrict access to sexual and reproductive health information and services, and roll back hard-won gains.

The 2025 May 28 theme, “In Solidarity We Resist: Our Fight, Our Right!” captures the urgency and strength of collective resistance in the face of an alarming global backlash against sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), driven by well-funded and organized anti-rights actors. These attacks are neither isolated incidents nor mere political shifts; they are part of a deliberate, transnational strategy rooted in patriarchy and authoritarianism. Unified by a shared oppressive agenda, these forces seek to control bodily autonomy, silence rights-based movements, and dismantle systems of care and support that uphold SRHR and justice.

Updates

First Call for initiating Global Dialogues for the #May28 Campaign: Call to action

April 16, 2025

On May 28, the International Day of Action for Women’s Health, activists and allies around the world will mobilize in feminist resistance and unwavering solidarity to defend and reclaim sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and justice for all. SRHR is not just a health issue; it is a matter of dignity, freedom, and […]

May 28 is the International Day of Action for Women’s Health, which for over 30 years, women’s* rights advocates and allies in the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) movement worldwide have commemorated in diverse ways. Year after year, women, girls, advocates and allies have continued to take action and stand up for sexual and reproductive rights for what they are: an indivisible and inalienable part of our human rights.

Now, at a time when women’s human rights, and particularly sexual and reproductive rights continue to be systematically violated worldwide, mobilization both within and beyond our communities remains essential, in order to resist any rollback on our rights and advance sexual and reproductive justice for all. As the global geo-political context threatens to become increasingly regressive, it is more important than ever to denounce any attempts at curtailing women’s rights, including our human rights to decide freely upon all aspects of our bodies, our sexualities, and our lives, free from coercion, discrimination and violence.